Author name: crosswordanswers

1-across – Bog : MIRE

3-across – Platform for election speeches : HUSTINGS

9-across – Toxic metal used in plating : CADMIUM

10-across – Practical joke : PRANK

11-across – Missile : ARROW

12-across – Drink of gods and insects : NECTAR

14-across – Of no consequence : INSIGNIFICANT

17-across – Banal : COMMON

19-across – : PLACE

22-across – Confess : OWNUP

23-across – Young male ox : BULLOCK

24-across – Magician : SORCERER

25-across – He changes colour, as it were : DYER

1-down – American Indian shoe : MOCCASIN

2-down – Addition to verdict : RIDER

4-down – Not fit to be referred to : UNMENTIONABLE

5-down – Subject : TOPIC

6-down – Falls : NIAGARA

7-down – Rice drink – for heaven’s ____ ! : SAKE

8-down – VIP : BIGWIG

13-down – Runner in the nude : STREAKER

15-down – Victorian cleric who fed sunny things : SPOONER

16-down – Pierce with lance etc : IMPALE

18-down – Tree producing syrup : MAPLE

20-down – Extreme pain : AGONY

21-down – Throw into the air : TOSS

1-across – Ingenuity – expedient – supply : RESOURCE

5-across – Political grouping : BLOC

9-across – Funny : COMIC

10-across – Big money? : CAPITAL

11-across – Noblewoman : GRANDDUCHESS

13-across – Beads for prayer : ROSARY

14-across – Shed for aircraft : HANGAR

17-across – Mini-farm, perhaps : SMALLHOLDING

20-across – As a substitute : INSTEAD

21-across – Cleanse : PURGE

22-across – Entrance : GATE

23-across – Cambridge mathematician – US herdsman : WRANGLER

1-down – Shelf for luggage : RACK

2-down – Champion tennis player : SAMPRAS

3-down – Without restraint or regulation : UNCONTROLLED

4-down – Noisy insect : CICADA

6-down – Turning tool : LATHE

7-down – Facial outbreak of herpes virus : COLDSORE

8-down – Neat and tidy : SPICKANDSPAN

12-down – Sauce – protection for wound : DRESSING

15-down – Opposite of private! : GENERAL

16-down – Over there : YONDER

18-down – Advantage : ASSET

19-down – Loved – costly : DEAR

1-across – Fob : WATCHCHAIN

7-across – Unharness : OUTSPAN

8-across – Tendon : SINEW

10-across – Go down – in the kitchen? : SINK

11-across – Once in it is hardly ever : BLUEMOON

13-across – Pointer on a sundial : GNOMON

15-across – Crucial point : CRISIS

17-across – On condition that – : ASLONGAS

18-across – Branch – incitement : SPUR

21-across – Stupid person : DUNCE

22-across – Small flow : TRICKLE

23-across – 745.7 watts : HORSEPOWER

1-down – Anglo-Saxon assembly : WITAN

2-down – Variety : TYPE

3-down – Touch – deal with : HANDLE

4-down – Inn : HOSTELRY

5-down – Formed by intense heat : IGNEOUS

6-down – Member of) marine rescue organisation : COASTGUARD

9-down – Sheet of glass in front of driver : WINDSCREEN

12-down – Noblewoman : COUNTESS

14-down – Shakespeare or Virginia Woolf hero : ORLANDO

16-down – Small computer : LAPTOP

19-down – Card game : POKER

20-down – Prospect : VIEW

1-across – Rider over the sticks : JUMPJOCKEY

7-across – Beast of prey : PREDATOR

8-across – Repair : DARN

9-across – Period of time : YEAR

10-across – Central part of human body : MIDRIFF

12-across – But seriously … : JOKINGAPART

14-across – Captain : SKIPPER

16-across – Door post : JAMB

19-across – Jumping insect : FLEA

20-across – Have another go : TRYAGAIN

21-across – Adequately competent worker : JOURNEYMAN

1-down – Spasmodic : JERKY

2-down – Cosmetic paste with fuller’s earth : MUDPACK

3-down – Fibre for sacks etc : JUTE

4-down – Senior churchman – bird : CARDINAL

5-down – Senior churchman – shrub : ELDER

6-down – Gain : PROFIT

11-down – Forebear : ANCESTOR

12-down – The good personality : JEKYLL

13-down – Blend of metals : AMALGAM

15-down – Musical instrument : PIANO

17-down – Scots child : BAIRN

18-down – The evil personality : HYDE

1-across – List of people taking turns : ROTA

3-across – Magnificent : SPLENDID

8-across – Tented scene : CAMP

9-across – Veracious : TRUTHFUL

11-across – Season loved by lovers : SPRINGTIME

14-across – Brief doze : CATNAP

15-across – Heavenly : PLANET

17-across – Align correctly : STRAIGHTEN

20-across – Adolescent infatuation : CALFLOVE

21-across – Same here! : SNAP

22-across – In which to take away food from the table : DOGGYBAG

23-across – Raise temperature : HEAT

1-down – Backpack : RUCKSACK

2-down – Rashness : TEMERITY

4-down – Robber at sea : PIRATE

5-down – Study of insects : ENTOMOLOGY

6-down – Quick and neat : DEFT

7-down – Culinary herb : DILL

10-down – Mini-drama : ONEACTPLAY

12-down – Example : INSTANCE

13-down – Refuse to change : STANDPAT

16-down – Sage, or bedding plant : SALVIA

18-down – Bitter : ACID

19-down – Garden pest : SLUG